Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. On Photography. New York :Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.
“To photograph people is to violate them, by seeing them as they never see themselves, by having knowledge of them that they can never have; it turns people into objects that can be symbolically possessed. Just as a camera is a sublimation of the gun, to photograph someone is a subliminal murder - a soft murder, appropriate to a sad, frightened time.” ―Susan Sontag,On Photography “Photographs are a way of imprisoning reality...One can't possess reality, one can possess images--one can't possess the present but one can possess the past.”
―Susan Sontag,On Photography
“The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.” ―Susan Sontag,On Photography
“Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted. Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution.” ―Susan Sontag,On Photography
“to take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt.” ―Susan Sontag,On Photography
“The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes. Adept of the joys of watching, connoisseur of empathy, the flâneur finds the world 'picturesque.” ―Susan Sontag,On Photography
“To suffer is one thing; another thing is living with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to be compassionate. It can also corrupt them. Once one has seen such images, one has started down the road of seeing more - and more. Images transfix. Images anesthetize.” ―Susan Sontag,On Photography
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In On Photography, Susan Sontag discusses the impact of photography on society and the way in which it shapes our understanding and perception of the world. She argues that photography has the power to both reveal and conceal reality, and that it can be used to manipulate and control the way in which people see the world.
In relation to social media and Instagram specifically, Sontag's ideas can be applied to the way in which these platforms shape our understanding of ourselves and others. Instagram, for example, is a platform that is based on the sharing of visual imagery, and it has the power to both reveal and conceal aspects of our lives. Users are able to present a curated and edited version of themselves and their lives, which can create a false sense of reality. Additionally, the constant stream of images on Instagram can also desensitize us to the reality of the world, making it difficult to distinguish between what is real and what is not.
Overall, Sontag's ideas in On Photography can be applied to the way in which social media and Instagram shape our understanding and perception of the world. These platforms have the power to both reveal and conceal reality, and can be used to manipulate and control the way in which we see ourselves and others.
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